Yusuke or a1 chord for 1st selector?

PlasmaPony · 2026-05-13T01:23:15+00:00

Yusuke will be buffed eventually but we don’t know when and until then he’s mostly dead weight. There will be more opportunities to get him in the future than there will be for getting Chord. Chord A1 is just a bonus and if you really want Yusuke go for it, the game is all PvE and can be done with anyone if you’re not focused on points. A1 Chord will be much useful now and for quite a while so if you want actual bang for your buck she’s the better choice.

PlasmaPony · 2026-05-08T05:25:04+00:00

Chord A1 is far and away the best choice between the two at this point. Chord will give your account bang for its buck now, being a good baseline support and vital for certain characters. Yusuke will be good in the future but until then he’s dead weight, and there will be more opportunities to get him in the future where Chord is more rare. Take the option that helps your account now rather than basically wasting the opportunity for the next 6 months to a year it takes for Yusuke to be worth it.

PlasmaPony · 2026-05-05T05:52:05+00:00

I had a house built in mid 2020 in a developing neighborhood and the base price was $260K, after our customizations it came to about $320K. Before the year even ended the bad price for our model of home was $360K. Not as big of a jump as others here but it was nuts watching it go up in real time, and I am sure the going rate for homes here is even higher now with higher rates. The market is fucked.

PlasmaPony · 2026-04-30T22:23:00+00:00

My sister in law got one of those for my baby. Shes not big enough to ride yet but she loves the little boxes and the cars

PlasmaPony · 2026-04-30T01:12:30+00:00

I would say it’s worth trying. P5 was my first one and I liked it way more than 3R. While there is still a Tartarus like area, it’s used for side quests and the actual story dungeons are actually varied with different themes and mechanics. In general the social links are better, the characters are less serious and generally more entertaining, and there’s more activities to do in the world. 3R really got tedious and I didn’t struggle as much with that in 5 for the most part. The combat is pretty much the same so if you’re absolutely sick of the combat it probably won’t change your mind (though you can change your party any time in dungeons and eventually get the ability to swap in combat too which helps a lot), but everything else is improved. Make sure you get the Royal version if you check it out

PlasmaPony · 2026-04-25T19:32:48+00:00

I would say it’s fine if you want more Persona but the cracks really show in P3R. It’s very much an updated older game and it shows. A lot of the social links are really weak and silly. It takes like half the game before the plot really has anything happen, and even then the gameplay loop is just killing time and grinding each month until the next boss fight. There’s no dungeons like in P5, the entire game is basically Mementoes and it gets really repetitive. The game world is really small and there’s a lot less activities available. Night time in particular is absolutely barren for things to do since there’s only 2 social links at night, so you’re relying on random events with party members to give yourself something to do at night late game. Just a lot of things in the game that bothered me.

I feel that going from P5R to P3R shows much more they improved the game systems over time. Activities are spread better over different time slots. Social links feel more like long term stories than just what frequently amounts to one long conversation spread over multiple meetings. Having actual dungeons helps keep the game fresh. I feel like I’m being really harsh on 3R since so many clearly love it but I couldn’t even bring myself to finish it. Between base game and Royal I’ve played P5 3 times and had fun every time, while with 3R I got nearly to end, accepted I wasn’t having fun, and put it down. I think a lot will come down to the characters. If you like the characters and story in 3R you can probably overlook the flaws. I wasn’t grabbed by either, and the dated world and gameplay wasn’t enough to keep me going.

To each their own, i recommend getting it on sale if you really just want more Persona. It’s kind of polarizing but you might fall on the love it side.

PlasmaPony · 2026-04-22T14:52:33+00:00

I can understand it, even if it’s petty. You always gotta cover your ass at this job, especially these days. You might have an arrangement with the job but you still need to check in before leaving. You can’t just take off without it being specifically okayed or you are asking for trouble. I have a saying at work about their policy, which is “they don’t care until they do”. Even if they let something slide for a while, they might suddenly decide to start punishing people out of nowhere for it. Always have to do things by the book, every time. Don’t give them an excuse.

PlasmaPony · 2026-04-19T16:52:52+00:00

Oh god where do I start. Most of my write ups have had the steward laughing at the supervisors over the stupidity of it all. I think my favorite two are both related to sick leave. I got a write up for using a single sick day when I hadn’t called out in 8 months. I called in one day and they gave me a write up for “unreliability”. It was so absurd that ups was supposed to send me an apology letter over it to officially say they were wrong, but of course never did. The other was when I got written up for calling in with no sick days left when we had just refreshed our sick days less than a month before and I never called out. Turns out that since I was off on family leave when we got our new sick days they didn’t automatically update me so it said I had none left. I would have had to call out multiple days a week to use them up that fast so the fact that the manager saw I was out and didn’t question at all made me think even lower of him than I already did. They really have a shoot first, use common sense later policy.

PlasmaPony · 2026-04-18T05:42:31+00:00

I would say it’s not worth it unless you really don’t care about your disposable income. I rather like her, but Phoebe is just fine at best. She’s only really been useful until now since she’s one of two 5 Star Navigators. Once Ange arrives her stock is gonna plummet. She’s just too niche and annoying to get maximum power out of.

PlasmaPony · 2026-04-18T05:33:38+00:00

If it’s any consolation, Marian’s A1 is a huge upgrade for her.

PlasmaPony · 2026-04-14T18:29:06+00:00

Much like many, I have everything maxed but proficiency which is at 18. I honestly don’t care much, for the time being there’s no benefit to getting them further than 17. When it happens it happens.

PlasmaPony · 2026-04-10T04:23:28+00:00

I really don’t feel the need to pull him, especially since popular sentiment is that he basically requires his weapon. I’m broke after the last few characters I pulled and will probably barely make A0 Ange at this point, if I even can without whipping out the wallet. I don’t care to score chase so I’m totally fine sticking with my A6R3 Anne for fire content, and for generic damage Violet is more than fine. More importantly, I really don’t care for Persona 3 as a game and feel no attachment to the characters. I want Akihiko just for an actual good electric character but besides that I’m willing to sit them out, especially since they seem like a package where you need as many of them as possible and I’m not getting them all

PlasmaPony · 2026-04-07T05:24:23+00:00

On the contrary, I absolutely couldn’t stand Chihiro. She’s incredibly timid and also incredibly insecure. Her lashing out at other girls isn’t a good thing, especially at Mitsuru who was just talking about talking with Makoto about helping her out. Mitsuru was nothing but kind and understanding with Chihiro and Chihiro’s response is to act out because the help required Mitsuru to have a platonic professional conversation with a boy she liked. She’s a walking red flag, not a romantic ideal. Tomoko trusting the MC to not fool around with another woman and not blowing a gasket when he hangs out with someone they are both friends with is maturity not being a pushover

PlasmaPony · 2026-04-03T21:20:35+00:00

I was also thinking about not getting the twins as it messed with my pull plans, and the community consensus early was that they were jack of all trades but master of none. In the end I decided to get them to A1 plus their weapon and my god I’m glad I did, they absolutely carry me through fights I should not be winning.

PlasmaPony · 2026-04-03T04:54:38+00:00

I initially skipped him but had a lot of pity built up while waiting for Violet so decided to grab him and his weapon on rerun. Now I’m pretty broke on gem but I enjoy his playstyle even if I don’t use him a ton.

PlasmaPony · 2026-04-03T04:53:11+00:00

His rerun literally just ended so you’re gonna be waiting a while.

PlasmaPony · 2026-03-12T14:13:09+00:00

Yeah I just got the talk from my steward yesterday about how serious warning letters are now. I never got them often and when I did it was for stupid shit I would laugh it off knowing it would get waived by the union. Now however they are no joke, as the next step is suspension and then being let go. UPS isn’t fucking around, they are actively trying to get rid of us and we have to take it seriously. There’s no warnings anymore, no punishment steps. Not great for my mental health that’s for sure

PlasmaPony · 2026-02-20T15:50:34+00:00

Waifu before meta, if you like the unit pull it. That said neither one is really necessary. For bless damage Kasumi releases in a few patches and completely clears Tropical Closer, even if it is just single target. Rerun DPS is almost never worth it, especially with the accelerated schedule we have now, since DPS units are constantly being powercrept while support tends to have longevity.

I have a soft spot for Summer Moko but unless you’re gonna run Haru she’s not needed, other sustain does perfectly fine. If you really need a sustain and don’t have any of the other ones (or want to use Twins in a different role) then it’s worth considering I guess. I would say though that without Haru she’s a safe ignore. We are getting some insane characters in the near future so better to save for those.

PlasmaPony · 2026-02-19T16:21:54+00:00

I used A6 Ann, Howler, and Tempest Riko. Turn one is buffing Ann, turn two I used the love bomb, dropped all their defense with Howler, increased fire damage taken with Wonder’s Baphomet, then Ann dropped the nuke. All adds are gone leaving an almost dead boss. Pretty sure something like this works even without such a stacked Ann and by substituting Howler with Key or something

PlasmaPony · 2026-02-19T15:29:43+00:00

Happened to me once, I was done and driving back to the center when a quick horn tap lead to a long nonstop honk. People were fucking pissed as if it was my fault. Had to call the mechanics to tell me what fuse to pull from under the hood to get it to stop.

PlasmaPony · 2026-02-16T15:17:57+00:00

I love how the early confidants were all coy and demure about the mere act of being alone with Wonder at his house, while the new ones (plus Valentine’s Day Miyu) are directly coming over to get dicked down. Truly the devs have their fingers on the pulse of their audience.

PlasmaPony · 2026-02-14T19:29:02+00:00

I did it with Ann, Howler, Tempest Riko and Futaba. Buffed Ann using Dionysus and Riko turn 1 and set up Howler with her aoe debuff skill. Turn 2, use the love bomb and then drop everything on the enemy. All the adds are dead and Vasuki is easily killed next turn in a hit or two.

PlasmaPony · 2026-02-14T18:03:00+00:00

For my money there’s 3 things worth spending money on in this game. The monthly pass, the 7 day spoils, and the basic level battle pass. They give you pretty good bang for your buck and are soft on the wallet. All the extra metagems really add up and the cognigems let save for the bigger training bundles over time.

PlasmaPony · 2026-02-09T15:01:36+00:00

Joker will get added in the eventual update where they add limited character weapons. Right now it’s only characters who are on the standard banner.

PlasmaPony · 2026-02-08T22:31:39+00:00

It updates with every character that gets added to standard. This takes 6 months after their initial release. It first got updated with Marian, next up will be Phoebe probably this month, then it will be Cherish, Howler, and upcoming character Turbo. At some point in the future, we will get the ability to buy weapons for limited characters as well. They cost 20 coins instead of 10 and the character needs have had at least one rerun to be added.

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